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As church leaders, we often think we’re seeing the whole picture when in reality we’re only seeing a fraction of it. We think we have a strong grasp on the lives and emotions of our members, but we’re forgetting to do one…

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There is a term in the tech world called “Minimum Viable Product” or MVP. It’s where a new product or website is developed with sufficient features to satisfy early adopters, and then the final set of features is developed after considering…

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TouchPoint Software, Inc., an online church management system, today announced its live integration with Txt2Give, an SMS-based giving platform. As part of the integration, any church currently using TouchPoint…

In case you haven’t noticed, mobile devices are everywhere. Phones and tablets are part of our everyday lives. They’re how we connect, find information, watch, listen and read. Our smartphones are in our pockets at all times—even in…

If you’ve ever looked down at a to-do list of 5, 7 or 10 tasks and felt that sinking feeling of “how am I ever going to accomplish all this?”, you know that numbers can be daunting. On the other hand, if that list just has one task—even…

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There’s a reason many of today’s businesses, nonprofits, professional sports teams, and churches are turning to data for better decision-making. Data enables you to see things you would otherwise miss in order to make smarter choices.…

This past fall, the iPhone X landed in the market, marking a decade since Apple launched the first iPhone. Ten years on, people are increasingly attached to (and willing to spend a lot of money on) their mobile phones. It’s an understatement…

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Too often, the giving process in church can be an impersonal one. Money changes hands but the meaning of that giving gets lost.
Leaders in may not actually know who gave what and why. Members may hear about what the community’s collective…

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Relationships are essential to the life of a healthy church. New people come through your doors and others leave through those same doors. The key for church leaders is what happens in between.
You have to both keep people engaged enough…

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As human beings, for better or worse, we all have biases. Based on the experiences we’ve had, we see things a certain way. When it comes time to make a decision, we run things through our mental filters, which spit out a conclusion—often…

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“The LORD answered me: Write down this vision; clearly inscribe it on tablets so one may easily read it.”
Many a sermon has been preached on Habakkuk 2:2 and the importance of putting your vision to paper. Most churches follow this…

“Does our church have an app?”
Chances are likely that is a question you’ve recently heard. It’s no wonder people are curious about apps. A quick search in the Apple or Android store reveals that many churches — from the most influential…

It’s a fact of life: People can’t always make it to church. Whether they’re sick, out of town, or dealing with whatever curveball life has thrown at them on that particular Sunday, sometimes people just can’t physically be there.
So…

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Running an effective ministry is all about teamwork. No one person can do it alone. In order to effectively tend to your flock and give them the support and attention they need, you must have a team of people working together.
That’s…

I remember when I got my first mobile phone. It was the fall of 1996 and I was living with my wife in Austin, Texas. I had gone to the mall to buy some jeans and came across a kiosk for Sprint. They were offering “free” cell phones when…

Breakups are no fun. But sometimes you just have to grit your teeth and do it. If any of these signs sound familiar, it may be time to find a new church management system.
#1 Your ChMS is not the single source of truth of information about…

Hurricane Harvey brought the fury of a Category 4 storm to the Texas coast, slamming the cities of Corpus Christie, Rockport, and Port Aransas, among others. Harvey has also dumped feet of rain in Houston and surrounding southeast Texas and…

Discipleship depends on key people being in the right place, at the right time. Technology is a great way to trigger those critical connection points -- if you have the right system. If you don't, you could be missing opportunities to engage…

Online giving makes it easier than ever for members to fund your mission. But it can come with some hidden (and high) costs:
Transaction fees.
How can you empower your members to give online without sacrificing thousands of dollars to…

Our culture has shifted toward mobile giving in a big way. Times may have changed, but people still want to be generous. Want to encourage your members to give more? Make it as easy and convenient as possible for them.
In this webinar, we…

VBS. Giving slowdowns as members go on vacations. Mission trip fundraising. Prepping for Promotion Sunday.
The summer is a unique season for the church with specific challenges and opportunities. The good news is, church management technology…

Executive Pastors play a vital role in today's churches. They connect leaders' vision to everyday operations. They find strategies to keep everyone in the church engaged and on mission. That's a lot of responsibility.
As an executive pastor,…

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2017 marked 10 years since the release of the first iPhone, and life looks vastly different today than it did a decade ago. Mobile technology continues to evolve how the church communicates and carries out discipleship, and recent trends show…

2017 marked 10 years since the release of the first iPhone, and life looks vastly different today than it did a decade ago. Mobile technology continues to evolve how the church communicates and carries out discipleship, and recent trends show…

Choosing a new church management system can often feel like a thankless chore. Is it worth the effort of switching from your current solution — even if what you have isn’t sustainable?
You shouldn’t have to feel stuck.
In "What to…

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The new year is a great time for looking back at what worked and what didn’t in the past year. But if you’re like most church leaders, you may be looking for a more manageable way to collect feedback from your congregation, in order…

You want to use data analysis to help you make informed decisions about your church. Church leaders today have the opportunity to apply God-given wisdom to a wealth of new knowledge about what individuals value, how they behave, and what drives…

If you don't have a church engagement app for your ministry, you could be missing out on some big discipleship opportunities.
In this webinar, we'll give you a special sneak peek of TouchPoint's new mobile experience. Along the way, you'll…

Technology has made it easier than ever to deploy and deepen the impact of your mission trips. We want to show you how to use these new tools to support your missions efforts.
WEBINAR: Next-Level Missions: The Ultimate Guide to Mission Trips
In…

In this webinar, we show you how technology can help you create an environment of intentional discipleship in today's chaotic world. TouchPoint Software’s Derek Hazelet and Bellevue Baptist Church’s Karen Worrell unpack:
Ways to encourage…

As a church leader, you should care deeply about stewarding your church’s resources well. Technology is one of those resources, and an important one that helps your church grow. Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee found themselves…

You’re a church leader who wants to serve your community to the best of your ability. That requires you to spend less time behind a desk, and more hours with the people you are discipling.
Thing is, it's difficult to get out of the…

Hurricane Harvey brought the fury of a Category 4 storm to the Texas coast, slamming the cities of Corpus Christie, Rockport, and Port Aransas, among others. Harvey has also dumped feet of rain in Houston and surrounding southeast Texas and…

With four locations, nine services, and about 200 staff members, Redeemer needed a church management system that could provide an effective and streamlined solution to a large church with a transient congregation. TouchPoint stepped in…

An effective ChMS will empower you to develop deeper relationships with your church members. But if your current church management system isn't getting the job done, that's a problem.
Evaluating systems can be a headache.
That's…

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There’s a lot of chatter about data these days. You’ve probably heard or read about how forward-thinking businesses, nonprofits and pro sports teams are using data to “change the game”. But what does that mean for churches? Why is data…

With what feels like an increase in breaking news stories about hacks and stolen data, cloud security is top of mind for many of today’s organizations—including churches.
While the convenience and capabilities of cloud services are a huge…

There’s no denying that technology has changed the experience of the people who walk through our church doors every Sunday.
On one hand, we are more networked than ever before. We go to work, interact with people we see at the gym, talk…

For the past several years, Big Data has been a buzzword tossed around in the for-profit world as the “Next Big Thing,” so long as you had the financial resources to access the wealth of information in “the Cloud.” These days, church…

Today, people are connected to everything and everyone 24/7 via smartphones. Recent statistics reveal how mobile Internet access has become integral to our lives today:
More than 50 percent of smartphone users immediately pick up their…

Extra Values are just what they say they are - something 'extra' that adds 'value'. TouchPoint displays these on people records and on organizations. But did you know that you can update existing Standard Extra Values from the blue Toolbar?…

I love being able to look up someone in our TouchPoint database and see what the person looks like. But sometimes those pictures are upside down or sideways. That's not good! But don't despair, there is a very easy way to fix those.
Before…

This situation came up recently at our church. We had an online registration using a Master Org and the Registration Type User Selects. This presents a list of the 'pick list' orgs so registrants can select the one they want.
Problem:
Some…

We are quite often asked if a child can be in more than one family so that Check-In is easy for both parents. The answer to that is "No". However, we do have several ways to make Check-In easy for parents (both custodial and non-custodial),…

Texting is a super-quick way to send a brief message. We all know that. With the Twilio integration in TouchPoint, you can easily send a text from your computer to an entire organization, a group of people from a search results, or to a tag.…

When viewing a recent video about online giving that Andrew created to send to a client, I was reminded that we needed similar videos on our Touchpoint YouTube channel.
So, now we do! We just added a playlist named Online Giving. It contains…

If a picture is better than words, than a video should be even better. And if one is good, three must be really good. So, without further ado, I present to you 3 new videos hot off the press for lay leaders, using the latest user interface and…

In our last blog post, we told you about a new feature on the Blue Toolbar that makes it very easy for you to Create / Edit Saved Drafts. We now have several very short videos demonstrating the following:
Create Email Draft
Share Your Email…

These 2 new videos are just for you - those who enter contributions in your database or work with contributions in any way in TouchPoint. The first walks you through the process of creating a bundle and posting contributions in the new UX. The…

Most churches have their own logo and tag line. So, you may wish to personalize your TouchPoint database by adding a custom header using your logo. If you already have a custom header, you may have noticed that it displays a little different in…

In previous videos, we have been showing you all about the tabs relating to People. Now we are moving on to the Settings. We have moved these tabs around a bit and added some really nice help features right there on the tabs.
Some of the…

You may have noticed during these sneak peek videos that the buttons you use to Add, Add from Tag, or Update at no longer there. Not to worry - we moved them and improved them. This video shows you where to find these action links and demonstrates…

Our new organization page not only has a lot of flexibility, it also has more information available. This sneak peek video shows you how to view the last contact and an incomplete task for members, guests, or those on any tab right there within…

Watch this latest sneak peek video to find out about another great new concept coming soon to a computer near you! This feature allows you to view more than one tab in the same list.
Be sure to check out to the video to see how you can…

Sneak peek video #2 isn't very long, but it demonstrates a really cool feature that you will love: how to easily select just a few people, or all but one person in your organization - and not have to create a Tag to do so.
Watch now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOMk-qAgytU

We will be releasing our new organization page very soon, and we want to you have a few sneak peeks before you actually see it in production. So, starting today, we are beginning a series of short videos that we hope will whet your appetite…

Most online registrations are advertised on your website, so you want to post a link for people to register. It is really quite simple to find and copy the link you need, if you know where to look...and how to right-click using your mouse.
Watch…

Has this happened to you? You have a registration for the Spring Luncheon, for example, and those registering are purchasing tickets, instead of registering every person who will be attending. Then someone comes to your office with cash or a…

This has been a feature of TouchPoint for several years now. Many of our churches use this and love the time it saves them when posting contributions. They also enjoy the fact that the checks are electronically deposited, saving them a trip…

No more volunteers getting double-booked and not being there when you expect (and need) them! We now have features in place for not only the person managing the Volunteer Calendar, but also for the volunteer himself to see at a glance where…

You were ahead of the game and got that important email composed and looking great. You even got it scheduled to go out next week. Then, as often happens, something in the details changed and that email is no longer totally correct and you…

Tasks and Contacts are each very important tools to aid in ministry using BVCMS. That’s why we have two new videos demonstrating tasks with the new user interface: Create Tasks and Accept and Complete Tasks
Just click the play button to…

This 2 minute video shows you a shortcut for recording a Contact if you are the person who made the contact (that is, the minister) and if the person contacted is already in the database.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edM4hDcYI2Q]
Remember,…

We have just uploaded a new video demonstrating how to record a Contact when using the new user interface. There are subtle changes from the old UI, so you may want take a look. Click below to view the video.
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Also,…

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We just uploaded a couple of videos to our YouTube site at www.youtube.com/bvcmscom. Click below for the specific videos.
Search Builder New UI
The video demonstrates the changes we made to Search Builder in the new user interface. Please take…

It is here - the promised video about Extra Values! This has been uploaded to our BVCMS YouTube channel along with the other videos we posted about the new UI. Click HERE to view it.
There has been a huge change from the old UI to the new UI,…

We have published three videos highlighting some of the changes that you will experience in the new UI. We plan to publish more today and even more over the next few weeks. These will all be uploaded to our BVCMS YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/bvcmscom.…

Do you have a Sunday morning rally planned in the next few weeks at which you ask parents to attend with their children? If so, we have a special rollsheet that you may be interested in. This is not a new feature, but a reminder of an existing…

We just uploaded a short (5-minute) video showing how to create a Task about someone and assign it to a lay leader, and also how that lay leader then completes the Task and records the Contact.
Click HERE to view the video. Or you can go to Youtube.com/bvcmscom to…

We have received this question a couple of times lately. "How can I give 'early bird' pricing for an online registration?"
There are a couple of easy ways you can do this. The one you choose depends on whether you want to increase the fee once…

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